Your ferret’s body language tells a lot about its current mood and state. Dance of Joy– This is one of my favorite aspects of ferret behavior. You are a ferret fanatic if you shuffle everywhere instead of walking for fear of stepping on a ferret – (this looks odd in public places). Dook dook! Your ferret may slightly open his or her mouth during the display and make “chirping or dooking” sounds. These toys offer comfort and joy. Let's dance too. Welcome to Nefarious Ferret, the place for all creatures great and small and nefarious. This involves puffing up their tail, baring their teeth and throwing their head back and hopping around in all directions. It will make the best use of your ferret’s high energy. Once again, our good friends, Google and YouTube provide a great rendition of the Ferret War Dance! In the dance of joy, your ferret puffs its tail, bares its teeth, arches its back, and bounces around. This is Ferret Of The Month November 2009! Ferrets are some of the most playful and high-spirited pets around. Jump around, chase each other or you. It is actually a sign of joy and excitement. When a ferret is healthy, well taken care of and happy, he will do a dance of joy. This is a wonderful ferret, wonderful owner and wonderful story...thank you Joe for sharing this with us! Jun 26, 2018 - 'Ferret Dancer' by ferretninja. Your ferret will start to jump and hop around, arch his back, puff out his tail and even do some somersaults. Sometimes ferrets do what looks like the “dance of joy,” but in reality they’re doing the “weasel war dance.” This behavior looks similar in that the ferret is moving very spastically. You can also use them as a reward or even to motivate your ferrets. When ferrets are extremely excited and happy, they do something called “the weasel war dance”. It is obvious that ferrets are energetic, fun-loving animals. Freddy: [dance of joy] Luna: Freddy has a sense of dance. Ferrets are in fact 10% love and joy, and 90% poop. We took him in from a… Lincoln: I hope he befriends with your Gary as well. You are a ferret fanatic if you begin to think “Eau de Hob” smells as good as Joy. While other Mustelids do the war dance as a hunting strategy, ferrets perform it to express their joy and excitement. We enjoy educating the public about these precious, intelligent, trusting & curious little creatures. Want to discover art related to ferretdanceofjoy? 92 likes. I am worried about my ferret who has never done a dance of joy. ItÀs clear that these frisky little furballs are no ordinary pets! Not a dance of joy, the War Dance is done when a ferret is angry or fearful. Later Lincoln played in various ways with Freddy. In an unhappy mood, your ferret may bare its teeth, shriek, hiss, hide, scream, or bark abnormally. Luan: Freddy is such a funny animal. These ferrets have unique individualistic behavior; however the "dance of joy" is one of the most exciting features of these tiny creatures. Often, dooking will happen when your ferret is playing or inviting you to play. When ferrets are happy, they do “The Dance For Joy.” When you see frenzied sideways hopping, frantic leaps, zoomies, and bumping into things, you’ll know that your ferret … Much of their body language indicates they want to play with you or other ferrets, including their famous "dance of joy," a hopping, joyful dance that is an invitation to wrestle. However, the difference is that his tail is poofed-out, his coat is bristled and he’s hissing. Loud siblings imitated Freddy's moves. Ferrets LOVE to dance! They jump and run and throw themselves about with an arched back, mouth open, sometimes hissing, sometimes dooking. We took on 2 other ferrets since her sister died who play and jump around but it hasn't encouraged her to play with them. 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